August 23/05 1:36 am - Mount Seymour Hill Climb: New Record

Christian Meier exploded the men's field apart early in the race on Sunday, riding up the mountain road at 21 kph to finish in 35:01, with Symmetrics teammate Marsh Cooper coming up 19 seconds later in 35:20. 3rd place Sean Dawson of Trek and North Vancouver Team Coastal rider Larry Zimich were watching each other and missed Escape Velocity rider Kevin Noiles who slipped in for 4th place ahead of Larry in 38:37.

On the women's side, another local rider, Lee Darling won in 49:27 for the 12.2 km race, beating out early favorite Gill Walker who came in 48 seconds later.

Up and coming West Vancouver riders Graeme Bant took the junior event and the Roger Sumner bursary, Rachel Canning won the junior women's. In all 86 riders came out, some for the first time. Race organizer Barb Zimich was happy with the turnout "It was a great day - I expect that we'll see Christian (Meier) on the next Olympic team and I was happy to see the kids racing, the future Olympians!"